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Eva Bexell (born 1945) is a
Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
author of children's books. She debuted in 1976 with the book ''Prostens barnbarn''. Her books have been translated to Danish, English, Finnish, Japanese, Norwegian and German, and as of November 2007, sold over 560,000 copies. The three books with morfar prosten has been released as audio books, with
Margaretha Krook Margaretha Knutsdotter Krook (15 October 1925 – 7 May 2001) was a Swedish stage and film actress. She won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1974. In 1976, she won the Guldbagge Award for Best Actress for the film ''Release the Prisoners to Spring''. ...
as narrator. ''Prostens barnbarn'' and ''Kalabalik hos morfar prosten'' was broadcast as a radio series in 1975, and ''Opp och hoppa, morfar prosten!'' was recorded in 1992.


Bibliography

* 1976: ''Prostens barnbarn'' * 1978: ''Kalabalik hos morfar prosten'' * 1980: ''En vän är en vän'' * 1983: ''Flickan i gullregnsträdet'' * 1987: ''Opp och hoppa, morfar prosten!'' * 1989: ''Olycksfågeln Evert'' * 1992: ''Evert i ny knipa'' * 1998: ''Ser du inte hur det ryker ur skorstenen?'' Source:
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A collection edition, ''Boken om morfar prosten'' (), was published in 1989. It includes the three books about morfar prosten: ''Prostens barnbarn'', ''Kalabalik hos morfar prosten'' and ''Opp och hoppa, morfar prosten!''.


Awards

* 1987: BMF-plaketten (children's book) * 2003: Emilpriset


References

Swedish-language writers Swedish children's writers Swedish women children's writers 1945 births Living people {{sweden-writer-stub